Marine Corps University is facilitating a session of the coveted Operational Wargame System (OWS) for @guws.bsky.social Spots are limited, sign up quickly. #wargaming 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Budae jjigae or "Army stew" is essentially a stew composed of various random ingredients from instant noodles and spam. The dish is a legacy of the food scarcity after the Korean War and the influence of the American military on the culinary evolution of Korean food.

Co-signing @ckunzelman.bsky.social saying @chasecarter.bsky.social has been working on this, and Charlie Hall was before the Polygon purge. GAMA for sure has been yelling, as have most publishers. Even TTRPG publishers are worried their books might get reclassified as games.

Seoul art. 🎨 🖌️

Day 1 #FallAssembly2025 went great - Fading Glory (Borodino) - BoAR (Savannah) - Simple GBOH - Traces of Hubris - Combat Commander - Great War Commander - Off The Line - Bell of Treason - and a rollickin' 6-player game of World At War '85 w/ Bruce Maxwell & Mike Nagel as players More fun today!

I've got this and the Indopacom version in the capstone exercise room at work. Hopefully the students appreciate it.

My "Littoral Commander: Baltic" #wargame is featured in Defense News! www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

I need to get my Oak & Iron ships back on the table. They are too gorgeous not to be played more. #wargaming

This is a great analysis! However, there are a couple of missing factors not being weighed here. What if Taiwan says no? What's the second move?

If you want to register for Circle DC, now is the time to do it. We are going to send an email to our entire customer list (14000+ folks) that will include, among other discussions, a link to the registration at circledc.com. The dates are April 10-12, 2026. We only have 102 badges left.

Life as a lead game designer and project director.

Every goddamn time....

Had a great 2p game day with my local gaming buddy yesterday. @ospreygames.bsky.social @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social A couple of classics (A Few Acres of Snow and Targi), my new hotness (Toy Battle), and one my co-designs (General Orders: Sengoku Jidai).

Shrimp miso ramen. 10/10 recommend. Ebisoba Ichigen Shinjuku.

“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”

A leaked US Army memo warns the Next Generation Command and Control system built by Anduril, Palantir, Microsoft and others—is riddled with cybersecurity flaws and “very high risk” due to severe cybersecurity flaws. The flaws could give US adversaries undetectable access to battlefield data.

Wasn’t sure how my non-military lib/progressive friends would like wargamming…they loved it, 10/10 recommend

“We need to switch up board game night” “I have a plan” @sebastianbae.bsky.social

Limited numbers of the UPDATED Second Edtion are now available -cards, maps, the whole...Get there early to get the whole 8.23meters (9yards)

Don't forget to order a copy of the 2nd Edition of my "Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific" #wargame! The 2nd Edition features updated maps, units, cards, and additional scenarios. Copies won't last long. #wargaming

"Dearest friend, my personal war with management continues... I see no end in sight. Morale is low amongst the crew. Made only worse by the fact it is only Wednesday..."

Just a few more sets before the upgrade kits of LCIP 2nd Edition get fully funded! Trust me, you want to grab one if you have a copy of the first edition. Just trust me on this. dietzfoundation.org/product/litt...

The Federal Government may close but there is no stopping Wargame Wednesday! Joins us Labyrinth Games at 6:00 pm to preview the exciting IADs the Game (Integrated Air Defense System) by the husband and wife team Madonna & Ric Rebulanan! See you there!

Oh man it's going to be a long day...

A reminder that the Marine Corps is leading in forging educational #wargaming. 🎲 💥 news.ssbcrack.com/u-s-marine-c...

My Monday is going well as you see.

Life is hard...

@sebastianbae.bsky.social you should make a note somewhere that the Brigador soundtrack pairs very well with solitaire Littoral Commander. I feel substantially less incompetent bungling a company-level attack against myself when brooding synth is playing. Further study is urgently needed.

@sebastianbae.bsky.social maybe @abrgll.bsky.social can help with a French expansion for Littoral Commander? 🤞 news.err.ee/1609814649/u...

ROK Again showing us how Democracies behave. The Ministry of Defense will award commendations to soldiers who did not carry out illegal or unjust orders during the December 3 Emergency Martial Law designating them as "individuals who protected constitutional values." www.chosun.com/english/nati...

My "Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific" and "Littoral Commander: Baltic" #wargames in Chile! This is absolutely awesome to see! Honored to be included in such an illustrious company of wargames.

Last year, I made a #wargame for @sebastianbae.bsky.social Indopacific microgames kit, Ambush from the Depths. I have now made a digital version of that game with @godotengine.org. I discovered unanticipated difficulties in turning board games into computer games, but learned from the experience.1/3

In today's video I go over my approach in designing print and play games for Postmark games, the lessons we've learnt and what we aim to do for all our future releases. Also useful ideas if you want to design your own roll and write games! youtu.be/JFcqzisgDao 🎲✂️

Please please please everyone (pls reskeet) who is involved with a uni/college academic program (broadly speaking) conected to games Could you write a quick comment + links if any apply to what you and your institution are doing in that sphere? I need to show what's out there. 1/ #AncientBluesky 🗃️

Food for thought. thedefensepost.com/2025/08/19/s...

🎲✂️ #indiedev #gamedev

Not every day you get to visit a Peruvian submarine. 😁

"Littoral Commander resembles a game of hide-and-seek. Both sides use ground troops and reconnaissance assets to detect and identify enemy forces, while trying to screen friendly forces from enemy detection." www.marinecorpstimes.com/global/europ...

Listen in to my chat with the excellent @danbullock.bsky.social, including my first and maybe only time talking professional sports on a podcast!

Imagine some of the conversations these commanders are having with their XOs right now

NEW EPISODE! I chat with @gregisonthego.bsky.social about his excellent zine RULEBOOKS FOR RADICALS, his work, and finding design inspiration in dire times. We only got sidetracked on Process Era 76'ers for a tiny bit, but GDDD is never a slave to the algorithm. www.buzzsprout.com/1993070/epis...

NEW WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened. This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

My team is playtesting and preparing our new "LEXICON" #wargame! Sponsored by USFK, the wargame requires players to build campaigns of cards (IO & influence capabilities) to affect national will, relationships, internal support, receptiveness, and international legitimacy of other players. 💥 🎲

This entire thread of game design concepts from @SebastianBae 's students at the @GeorgetownCSS is well worth your time.

Testing a Littoral Commander Baltic scenario this morning @sebastianbae.bsky.social

This is one of my favorite paintings I did of Calvin and Hobbes.

Here is a sneak peak at some new Joint Capability Cards in "Littoral Commander: Australia"! I'm really excited to add a new national force to the "Littoral Commander" series. 🦘🇦🇺🐨 #wargaming

My team is preparing to execute Presidio Endeavor -- our National Guard #wargame exploring the National Guard's roles in supporting both Title 10 and Title 32 responsibilities in a major peer conflict. I'm really excited about how the game is developing! 🎲

There's a line from a movie I've been thinking about a lot recently. "Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us, but within that inch, we are free."

Starting a rolling commentary, I'll eventually go back and quote it with some summary narrative and thoughts, but you can (slowly) play along with me